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<H2><A NAME="4_1">Check the Tools</A></H2>
<P> To make the first conversion you will need three things: txt2tags, a
 text editor and a web browser.</P>
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<LI>Make sure txt2tags is installed and running on your system.
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<LI><B>Command Line Interface:</B> Call &quot;txt2tags&quot; on the command line
 and the program should give you a &quot;Missing input file&quot; message. If it
 is not working, try <CODE>python /path/to/txt2tags</CODE> or even <CODE>
/path/to/python /path/to/txt2tags</CODE> if Python is not on your PATH.
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<LI><B>Gui Interface:</B> Click on the program icon to launch the Gui
 Interface or call <CODE>txt2tags --gui</CODE>.
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<LI>Open the text editor your are comfortable with. It can be<B> any</B>
 text editor, from the good old VI to MS Word or OpenOffice.org. Create
 a brand new empty document to be your first txt2tags one and remember
 to save it as plain text.
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<LI>Launch your favorite web browser to see the results of the
 conversion.</LI>
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